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Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa, Vol. 2: A Record of Settlement (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ellery M. Hancock

 
9781332436231: Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa, Vol. 2: A Record of Settlement (Classic Reprint)

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One of the most able lawyers and business men of Waukon is D. J. Murphy, who during the twenty years of his residence here has actively identified himself with the city's professional, financial and public life, winning each year increasing prominence in each field. He is today a leader at the bar and well known as an organizer and a force in local democratic politics, his name standing as a synonym for progress, growth and advancement.

Mr. Murphy has been a resident of Iowa since 1889. He was born in New Diggings, Wisconsin, November 1, 1867, and grew to manhood in that state and was there educated, graduating from the State Normal School at Platteville with the class of 1886. He afterward engaged in teaching, winning prominence in his profession, rising to be principal of the Highland high school, a position which he held for three years. In 1889 he came to Iowa and joined his brother, D. D. Murphy, at Elkader, where he read law until 1891, when he was admitted to the bar. He formed a partnership with his brother and they practiced in Elkader for two years, Mr. Murphy of this review coming in 1893 to Waukon, where he has since been in active practice before the district and supreme courts. His ability and worth have become widely recognized during the twenty years and his success in handling important and difficult litigation has placed him in a leading position at the Allamakee county bar.

It is not alone along professional lines, however, that Mr. Murphy has achieved success and prominence, for he is an able and far-sighted business man connected through investment or official service with various important enterprises in the city. He built one of the finest business blocks in Waukon, the lower floors of which are occupied by a large department store, while the upper story is fitted up into fine offices. Mr. Murphy has his own suite of three rooms here…

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